Sentences with phrase «raises for elected»

One could also argue that the average citizen does not follow new zoning issues, pay raises for elected city officials, and public works contracts (the most common issues discussed at city council meetings).

Supporters say the issue has been under discussion for a year and the increase makes up for almost a decade without pay raises for these elected officials.

The most recent vote came in January, when leadership cited health insurance increases and pay raises for elected officials as reasons for rejection.

Two Onondaga County legislators switched their opinions on raises for elected officials after the Nov. 3 election.

The relationship between the comptroller and county executive has been contentious in the past, but the issue of raises for elected officials presents the most serious dispute to date.

«There is never a good time that you would propose raises for elected officials that everyone would say «It's a good idea.»»

The Legislature agrees and today voted down the recommendations, denying pay raises for elected officials,» said Chairman John Mills.

«One legislator was concerned about raises for elected officials, meaning the sheriff, county executive, comptroller, so we had to pull it.»

Other proposals include freezing automatic annual pay raises for elected officials and requiring exempt employees to pay 15 percent of health care costs.

Antonacci pointed out that in 2011, Mahoney argued pay raises for elected officials should only be considered when legislators are setting the annual county budget.

«Voting for raises for elected officials is very difficult,» McMahon said.

And while the budget does not increase salaries for union workers, it does include pay raises for elected officials, including Supervisor Scott Russell, whose salary will see the biggest increase — a 10 percent hike to $ 101,000.

As Mr. de Blasio prepared to take off - topic questions — on stop and frisk, raises for elected officials and other thorny topics — Ms. Quinn simply bowed out.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — In the Onondaga County Legislature's first meeting of the new year, one member attempted to revisit a heated issue from 2015: Salary raises for elected officials.

In another matter, the Legislature will also be considering pay raises for elected officials.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Onondaga County legislators appear unlikely to vote on raises for elected officials, including themselves, after a heated discussion in the Ways and Means Committee Friday morning.

Melissa Mark - Viverito takes questions as she leaves a Committee on Rules, Privileges and Elections meeting where she heard testimony from the Quadrennial Advisory Commission regarding a proposed raise for elected council members.

Not exact matches

For example, New Jersey's governor - elect, Phil Murphy, is moving ahead with his campaign proposal to raise taxes on the state's millionaires.

Singapore downgraded its forecasts on economic growth and exports for 2016 after confirming a contraction in output in the third quarter, raising the risk of a recession amid fresh uncertainty around global trade under U.S. President - elect Donald Trump.

The gap that has emerged between the U.S. positions and those of Mexico and Canada has now raised the stakes for elected politicians in all three countries, he said.

President - elect Donald Trump's economic agenda of fiscal spending and tax cuts, coupled with the Federal Reserve raising interest rates spells trouble for bond holders.

Wasserman found that overall, company founders who elect to raise equity financing from external sources (angels, VCs and others) tend to do better for themselves financially.

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«As a investor in StumbleUpon and del.icio.us, I can pretty confidently say that had either company elected to raise a Series B round — it would have been very difficult (if not impossible) for the founders to choose to sell their companies when they did.»

This sounds more like the version of Arminianism that I was raised with: that all are elect, since Christ died once for all.

Burger's statement can only mean that the court sees itself empowered by our history and tradition to forbid the people and their elected representatives from discussing, for any practical purpose, issues that might raise questions about the meaning and intention of the religion clause of the First Amendment.

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Former NYS Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo has raised more than $ 2.5 million since he began his first ever campaign for elected office.

«To fix this problem, once elected, I will propose creating a lock box for the money that is raised by this surcharge to ensure that it goes directly to effective programs that help people and families who are suffering from addiction in addition to programs that are focused on addressing the root causes of addiction,» she said.

The party doesn't hold much sway in Democrat - dominated NYC, and hasn't managed to elect anyone to a city or state post for decades, but it is nevertheless prominent in Republican circles, since the city is a must - stop for candidates from all over the nation who are trying to raise campaign cash.

About a week ago the idea of a pay raise commission for state - elected officials looked like a dead issue.

One of the major issues raised by people who are for mandatory voting is legitimacy, the authority the elected candidate has over the governed people.

The most obvious mechanism, which House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will set out for the President - elect, will be a Reconciliation Bill by which, because such bills are exempt from filibuster provisions in the Senate, spending and revenue - raising decisions can be driven through not just the House but also the Senate on majority votes.

Also at 1:30 p.m., advocates, community leaders, and elected officials will gather to unveil a progressive revenue package that would raise billions for New York, Million Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

The State elected's have one person to thank and one person only for their new bi-weekly raises and that Is: Donald J. Trump.

About this time last year, legislators considered a vote that would raise salaries for all elected officials.

Brooklyn Bridge Park Corp. has raised about half the money for the approximately $ 9 million project and has asked local elected officials for the rest.

The handful of elected officials from the state and city level have forcefully denounced the prospect of new bridge tolls as Cuomo drafts a congestion pricing plan for New York City that would raise revenue for its mass transit network.

Proposals from Erie County's Salary Review Commission for substantial pay raises for four of the county's top elected officials crashed and burned unanimously on the floor of the Legislature Thursday afternoon.

«Between in or around 2010 and in and around September 2015, I gave and raised tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to an elected New York City official in exchange for efforts by that official... and other City officials to obtain action from a New York City agency that would benefit myself and restaurants I owned.»

The spending increase includes salary increases for all elected officials, including an 8 - percent raise, or $ 9,000, for the supervisor, bringing his salary to $ 117,147.

Gillibrand's push for the WFP is eyebrow - raising in part because of Cuomo's efforts to establish the Women's Equality Party as a permanent party through the next election cycle and Gillibrand's own backing of electing more women to public office.

Like Saujani, Dinallo has long - standing ties to the political world (he worked for Eliot Spitzer in the AG's office and served as state insurance superintendent; she raised campaign cash for Hillary Clinton), but neither has ever held elected office and both are considered long - shot candidates.

Antonacci asked the law department to address two main issues: The county charter appears to say that raises for county legislators should be voted on when the budget for that year is approved; and state Municipal Home Rule Law indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the Legislature.

Mahoney said she's not pushing for Antonacci's raise, but merely passing his request along to legislators because he's an elected official.

Rep. Pete Sessions (R - TX)-- the chairman of the Republican committee tasked with raising funds to elect more House Republicans — told us that he saw no conflict with his members raising money from the oil industry just about an hour before BP was scheduled to appear for questioning.»

Shortly after being elected to the County Legislature, I was asked to vote for a pay raise for legislators.

In the lawsuit, Antonacci alleges that raises approved for elected officials are illegal, as were attempts by the executive branch to uphold those raises.

Suffolk County legislators voted Wednesday to suspend automatic cost - of - living pay raises for themselves and other elected county officials for the next five years.

Heastie favors a pay raise for lawmakers, statewide elected officials like Cuomo, and state agency commissioners, Whyland said.